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• REVIEW | ‘Suffs’ at West Herr Auditorium Theatre

  10-06-2026 21:00 via roccitymag.com
  
  Rochester prides itself on being the home of Susan B. Anthony — but before you get your hopes up, you should know that the city’s favorite local suffragist is not a character in “Suffs.” While she is alluded to, the events of this touring Tony-award winning musical take place years after Anthony’s 1906 death, starting in 1913 and leading up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Hopefully that won’t dissuade those interested in women’s right
  
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• REVIEW | “Suffs” at West Herr Auditorium Theatre

  10-06-2026 21:00 via roccitymag.com
  
  Rochester prides itself on being the home of Susan B. Anthony — but before you get your hopes up, you should know that the city’s favorite local suffragist is not a character in “Suffs.” While she is alluded to, the events of this touring Tony-award winning musical take place years after Anthony’s 1906 death, starting in 1913 and leading up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Hopefully that won’t dissuade those interested in women’s right
  
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• An Italian cobbler still has tread in the trade, even as it fades

  10-06-2026 18:01 via roccitymag.com
  
  “What do you want to be when you grow up?”The age-old question seems impossible to answer. There is a domino effect of fear and doubt — endless possibilities await, but the uncertainty of the unknown is ever-present. For Mario Gagliardi, there was never an opportunity to second guess his future.“Where I come from, when we reach the fifth grade, we don’t have no more school to go any higher,” Gagliardi said. “So you have to learn something, you know &mda
  
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